Release Engineer

Ironclad•San Francisco, CA

18h•$120,000 - $135,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Release Engineer has two primary responsibilities: 1. Enhance the end-to-end build and deployment pipelines, ensuring reliable, repeatable, and well-instrumented deployments across environments through automation, tooling improvements, and proactive issue resolution. 2. Partner closely with Engineering, QE, and Product to plan, coordinate, and execute releases — managing risk, validating readiness, maintaining visibility into changes, and driving continuous enhancements to release processes and infrastructure.

Requirements

3+ years of experience in a release management/engineering or related role
Experience with Agile methodologies, continuous integration and development tools (CI/CD) for a SaaS product (Docker, Kubernetes, GCP/AWS, Terraform, CircleCI, ArgoCD)
Experience with full-stack observability platforms like Splunk, Datadog, Sentry
Ability to demonstrate strong interest in automation and continuous improvement (build, test, release/deploy, monitoring, reporting), which includes Infrastructure as Code
Project Management experience and planning mindset - experience in managing projects, including scheduling, resource allocation, and risk management.
Proficient in using Git for version control systems and branch management
Strong and clear communication skills - Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders, including development teams, QE teams, and business units
Ability to analyze and improve release processes for efficiency and effectiveness
Jira/Confluence or Linear administrator experience - creating automations, dashboards, workflows etc.

Nice To Haves

Experience leveraging AI-powered tooling (e.g., code assistants, log analysis, anomaly detection, workflow automation) to improve release reliability, accelerate root-cause analysis, and reduce manual overhead

Responsibilities

Manage the weekly code deployment process, including:
Coordinate the testing and verification work with QE & Devs for deployment signoff
Manage the merges and branch promotions as part of the deployment process
Ensure all of the Post-deploy verifications are complete and are closed out
Understand and communicate the deployment and release calendars to ensure EPD knows when and where to merge changes and features are released on schedule
Coordinate the release process, including:
Maintain and update release calendar for deployments and releases
Manage all release items and coordination in Jira/Asana
Coordinate and manage feature flags related to releases
Communicate feature flag states for upcoming releases
Update flag states on Staging/Production stacks
Prepare flag testing preparation with Engineering
Facilitate go/no go decisions
Manage hotfix deployment and incident reporting, including:
Manage reporting and incident tracking
Derive and report on metrics related to release quality and cleanliness
Cross-functional partnership and communication, including:
Partner with DevEx to build deployment/release dashboards and tracking quality metrics
Partner with GTM team to ensure alignment on timelines to prepare external communications, internal enablement, and coordinated preparation for launches

Benefits

100% health coverage for employees (medical, dental, and vision), and 75% coverage for dependents with buy-up plan options available
Market-leading leave policies, including gender-neutral parental leave and compassionate leave
Family forming support through Maven for you and your partner
Paid time off - take the time you need, when you need it
Monthly stipends for wellbeing, hybrid work, and (if applicable) cell phone use
Mental health support through Modern Health, including therapy, coaching, and digital tools
Pre-tax commuter benefits (US Employees)
401(k) plan with Fidelity with employer match (US Employees)
Regular team events to connect, recharge, and have fun
And most importantly: the opportunity to help build the company you want to work at